Which one of the following statements are correct?
(i) In Miller’s experiment electrodes were used as energy source and temperature inside spark chamber was 800 o C.
(ii) Charles Darwin gave the idea of natural selection based on his observations made during a sea voyage in a sail ship called H.M.S beagle.
(iii) According to Darwin, fitness of individual or population ultimately refers to reproductive fitness.
(iv) Alfred Wallace who worked in Malay Archipelago had also come to similar conclusion as drawn by Darwin.
(v) Paleontological evidence show that different-aged rock sediment contain fossils of different life form.
(vi) One of the main method of determining the age of the fossils is radioactive-dating
(vii) Homology is based on convergent evolution.
(viii) Homologous structures indicates different ancestry.
(ix) The pattern of bones of forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetah and human have the same structure developed along different direction due to adaptations to different needs. This is divergent evolution.
(x) Wings to butterfly and birds show convergent evolution whereas eye of octopus and of mammals show divergent evolution.
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